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CFD Analyses of Innovative Electric Aircraft Designs Alex Stoll, Joby Aviation STAR Global Conference 2015 1
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CFD Analyses of Innovative
Electric Aircraft Designs
Alex Stoll, Joby Aviation
STAR Global Conference 2015
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CFD Results at 61 knots (EAS)
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40º Flap, No Power (STAR-CCM+)
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40º Flap with Power (Effective, STAR-CCM+)
40º Flap with Power (FUN3D)
40º Flap with Power (Effective, FUN3D)
• STAR-CCM+ results use SST (Menter) k-ω and γ-Reθ
• FUN3D results use a different mesh and Spalart-Allmaras
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Comparison with Experimental Results
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